Batesville Casket, based in Batesville, Ind., has for years commanded about 40 percent market share of a $1.5 billion industry. Despite strong profitability, growth was flat as cremation gained ...

The Batesville Casket Co.'s cavernous coffinmaking plant in Batesville, Ind. is a macabre study in industrious efficiency. Running full throttle from 7 a.m. to 1 a.m. five days a week, ...

Batesville Services employs 3,000 people, about 600 of whom work in Indiana. The plant in Batesville produces premium copper, bronze and stainless-steel caskets.

Batesville Casket is one of the largest companies in the small town of Batesville, Ind., about 70 miles southeast of Indianapolis. It sells caskets and related products through a direct sales ...

The Batesville Coffin Co. was founded in 1884. John A. Hillenbrand bought it in 1906, and it became the Batesville Casket Co. Hill-Rom, which made hospital beds and patient-monitoring devices, was ...

BATESVILLE, Ind. — Hillenbrand, Inc. announced Thursday it has agreed to sell its Batesville Casket business to a private equity firm for $761.5 million. The casket manufacturing operation will remain ...

BATESVILLE, Ind. – A private investment firm will buy an Indiana business that’s been making caskets in Indiana since the 19 th century. Founded in 1884, Batesville (commonly referred to as ...